How to find iPhone UDID on MacOS hassle free

Deniz Sivas
1 min readApr 4, 2024

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If you are dealing with real device test automation, finding UDIDs is a crucial step one needs to deal with. In this short guide, I will show you the simplest methods to find UDID if you are on a MacOS hardware.

1 — No Code Finder Solution

  • Connect your iDevice to one of the USB ports on your machine
  • Trust the device
  • Open Finder and click on the device you hooked up
  • Click on the model name text under the name of the device while in general tab. One click will reveal Serial number, second click will reveal UDID and EID, third and fourth will reveal IMEI related info.
Finder is a good friend

2 — Simple Terminal Command Solution

This solution is quick if you have only one device connected to your machine.

  • Open up the terminal
  • Run below command in zsh or bash.
idevice_id
Ta-Daaaa

That’s all folks.

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Deniz Sivas

Software tester by profession, software developer by passion